List file attachments on a ServiceNow record. Returns metadata for each
AI agents call list_attachments to retrieve information from Now Sdk Ext without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves attachment metadata from ServiceNow records without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward read operation with minimal security risk unless attachments contain highly sensitive data, but the tool itself performs no destructive or side-effect-bearing actions.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_attachments' and description 'List file attachments on a ServiceNow record. Returns metadata for each' indicate retrieval of existing data with no modification or deletion.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_attachments gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Now Sdk Ext, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_attachments:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_attachments": {}
}
}list_attachments is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List file attachments on a ServiceNow record. Returns metadata for each. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Now Sdk Ext MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Now Sdk Ext MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_attachments: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Now Sdk Ext. Nothing to install.
list_attachments is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the list_attachments rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for list_attachments. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
list_attachments is provided by the Now Sdk Ext MCP server (sonisoft-cnanda/now-sdk-ext-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Now Sdk Ext, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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